Hydrology question

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Originally Posted by rjack

how much water can a 200m high(er) plateau hold and release...

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Does the quantity "metric assload" cover it?

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Originally Posted by rjack

Yay! water flows downhill.

Now back to Phillip's issue, how much water can a 200m high(er) plateau hold and release...

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The water does not even have to come from that plateau, it could be coming from a more distant feature than that nearby plateau...hell, the bulk of the water could be coming from an area of higher elevation on the other side of the island.

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Originally Posted by rjack

Yay! water flows downhill.

Now back to Phillip's issue, how much water can a 200m high(er) plateau hold and release...

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That is what I wonder, since the spring never stops flowing even after months with no rain seems weird to me.

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Originally Posted by floridakid

The water does not even have to come from that plateau, it could be coming from a more distant feature than that nearby plateau...hell, the bulk of the water could be coming from an area of higher elevation on the other side of the island.

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Now that would be awesome

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Originally Posted by OFG-1

Does the quantity "metric assload" cover it?

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How much is that in imperial units?

Do you have a general location you could point out on a regional topo map? That might tell us more than trying to verbally describe it.

If you know which one it's on, here's a bunch of 1:50000 DR topo maps online. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/dominican_republic/